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Equipment repair · Serving Highland, CA
Equipment Repair in Highland
Highland sits at the mouth of the mountains, where SR-210 ends and SR-330 climbs toward Big Bear, and the work reflects the geography: construction crews building on the city's east side, development and resort-area projects tied to the San Manuel corridor, citrus ground still being worked and converted, and municipal fleets keeping foothill streets and flood channels clear. Machines here climb, haul and grade on slopes that flatland equipment never sees. LA Trucks and Tractors serves Highland from our Fontana shop at 14166 Whittram Ave, west on the 210, with complete in-house equipment repair — engines, transmissions, hydraulics, gears and pumps rebuilt on our own benches and tested under load before they return to the hill. The fleet is mixed by necessity — loaders and excavators on subdivision work, backhoes and skip loaders serving utilities, trucks hauling material down to the valley and climbing back loaded, plus the municipal machines that keep the neighborhoods and channel roads running. All of it is repaired as a system, not as a collection of unrelated parts with unrelated invoices.
Equipment repair · Serving Highland, CA
Repairs that hold up on grades, not just on flat ground
Slope work exposes marginal repairs fast. A transmission that slips slightly on a Fontana test run will hunt and overheat on a Highland grade; brakes, cooling systems and final drives all work a size harder above the valley floor. So we diagnose with the duty cycle in mind, inspecting the whole machine — engine health, driveline wear, hydraulic output, gear condition and undercarriage — and quoting from what the teardown actually shows. Cylinders are honed and re-rodded, pumps and motors rebuilt and flow-checked, differentials set up to specification, and obsolete gears manufactured new in-house rather than hunted through salvage yards while your job sits. Cooling deserves special mention in foothill service: radiators, charge-air coolers and fan drives are inspected on every Highland job, because a cooling system that copes on the flat can boil on a summer climb up the 330 with a loaded machine behind it. Brake condition, driveline angles and track or tire wear get the same grade-aware look, and anything marginal is reported with measurements on the quote — flagged honestly as fix-now or watch-item, never buried and never inflated.
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Equipment Repair in Highland · Highland, CAA short haul west, a full shop at the end of it
Highland to Fontana is a simple run down the 210, and pick-up and delivery are free — the trip adds no line to your invoice. Mobile and onsite service covers Highland jobs where the machine should not move, and the emergency line runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, because a stalled loader on a mountain-side job has no good hour to fail. Regular hours are Monday-Friday 6 AM-5 PM, quotes are free and written from measurements, and you deal directly with John Clark — one person who can tell you what we found, what it costs and when it will be done. Highland contractors working resort-area and mountain projects can also stage repairs around weather and road windows: call ahead, and pick-up, teardown and the written quote are timed so the machine is back before the next scheduled push uphill. It is the advantage of a shop a short haul away that still has a gear-cutting bench most mountain-area shops cannot offer at any distance.
- Construction and municipal equipment repair for Highland operators
- Transmission and final-drive rebuilding proven for grade work
- Hydraulic cylinders, pumps and motors rebuilt in-house
- Obsolete gears and shafts manufactured in our Fontana shop
- Free Highland pick-up and delivery; 24-hour rush and emergency line
Our 8-step repair process
A clear path from the first call to a tested component or machine returned to work.
Inspection
Disassemble and evaluate the complete failure.
Photos & video
Document condition and findings for a clear repair conversation.
Repair quote
Define the recommended work and quote before proceeding.
Approval
Confirm scope, urgency and the practical path forward.
Manufacturing
Machine, weld, rebuild or reverse engineer required components.
Testing
Verify operation and workmanship before release.
Shipment
Return the completed component or equipment to service.
Frequently asked questions
Do you repair equipment working up SR-330 and the mountain corridors?
Yes — Highland is our gateway customer base for foothill and mountain work. Call (800) 821-3404 or (949) 400-2937; we arrange free pick-up or onsite service and schedule rush work around your job, day or night.
Is there an LA Trucks and Tractors shop in Highland?
No — our only shop is in Fontana at 14166 Whittram Ave, Fontana, CA 92335. Highland is served from Fontana with free pick-up and delivery, mobile service and 24-hour emergency response.
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